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Old 12-22-2009, 03:24 PM
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Just watched a video about the GM plant and the building of the ZO6 in particular... they clearly state that they went to a dry sump for TWO reasons:

1) They can pull over a G in steady cornering... and in the video, demonstrated the movement of liquid and how it climbs walls.

2) They had "no room" for a DEEP sump pan with the low ground clearance.

So my take away from that is - that had they been able to do a "proper" pan - then they may have chosen to go with a wet sump.